Brian D Nicholson
MRCGP BSc MSc (Health Res) DPhil
Associate Professor
- NHS General Practitioner
- NIHR EME Advanced Fellow
- NIHR Cancer Awareness Screening and Early Diagnosis Policy Research Unity - Co-Director
- Affiliate Investigator - KPWHRI
- Visiting Associate Professor - Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine - NTU Singapore
Contact information
+44 (0)1865 289300
Diagnosis and Cancer in Primary Care
Brian's academic interests include cancer, global health, and evidence-based diagnosis.
His research aims to improve the diagnostic process for patients with symptoms of cancer. This work focusses on understanding symptoms, appropriate test use, and developing clinical pathways.
He leads the departmental Cancer Theme that conducts research in four main areas: health records data; implementation science; diagnostic reasoning; and clinical trials and prospective studies. He is Early Detection lead for the CRUK Oxford Cancer Centre investigating community-based multi-cancer testing. He is a member of the NIHR EME Committee and the CRUK EDD Committee.
He supervises DPhil and MSc students, medical students, postdocs, Academic Clinical Fellows. He is a GP in Oxford City.
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Recent publications
Supporting women with adherence to adjuvant endocrine therapy (SWEET): feasibility study of the HT&Me intervention.
Journal article
McGeagh L. et al, (2026), Eur J Oncol Nurs, 80
Outpatient hospital attendances in people with rheumatoid arthritis during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond: a cohort study in three nations of the UK.
Journal article
Costello RE. et al, (2026), Rheumatology (Oxford), 65